But police constable Alisha Owens, who spoke to Port, told the Old Bailey today: "When I was asking him questions, he was taking a lot of time to think about what he wanted to say, looking around a lot."

She told jurors Port admitted taking meth or meph.

ELIZABETH COOK / PA

WEB: Port met most of his alleged victims through online dating sites

The worst online dating pictures

Tuesday, 5th April 2016

It would be a swipe left for these awkward online dating photos.

1 / 16

Reddit

A lady wears office wear and hot pink boots for her dating profile

SWNS.COM

HAIR: Port, the court heard, wore a blonde wig for 'confidence'

The policewoman added: "He stated he met [the alleged victim] on the internet and they had met previously and gone for drives together.

"He stated that the man arrived at his address in that state."

Bill Emlyn-Jones, prosecuting, said: "Did it boil down to this? Was either of them making any allegations of any crime against the other?'

The officer replied: "No, not at that time."

With no basis for detaining Port, he was allowed to leave.

SWNS.COM

TRAGIC: Daniel Whitworth was one of four victims allegedly killed using poison

SWNS.COM

SAD: Jack Taylor's body was found in Barking

The court had earlier heard today how the student feared he was going to die when he woke up naked on his floor.

Giving evidence behind a screen, he said: "I just felt a bit tired and it's like, you know, what am I doing here? How have I slept for that long?

"I just wanted to get away from that room.

"When he gave me that liquid in the glass [the night previous], when I drank it, the next morning I was on the floor."

Port is accused of sexually assaulting 12 young men between 2012 and 2015, four of whom — Anthony Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21, and Jack Taylor, 25, died from drug overdoses.

But Port denies four denies four counts of murder, four alternative counts of manslaughter, 10 counts of administering a substance with intent, seven counts of rape and four counts of assault by penetration.